"This... Teacher Tobirama, this is complicated. It isn't suitable to discuss it here."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked troubled.
The person who had wiped out the Uchiha Clan was in their organization.
If he told the truth now, wouldn't Itachi be exposed?
Lie?
But what if Orochimaru really returned to that organization and used the Impure World Reincarnation Jutsu to revive the First Hokage and Second again? What if the two of them, wanting to help the Uchiha "take revenge," acted of their own accord and treated Itachi as a Konoha Rogue Ninja—a blight upon the Shinobi World—and eliminated him?
Master and disciple had thought of the same thing.
Orochimaru had already formed a suspicion when he obtained the photo, and his conversation with Shirozumi had further confirmed it.
Shirozumi—or rather, someone newly recruited into the organization—was from the "future."
But Orochimaru was extremely cautious. Not a word or hint revealed the possibility he had noticed to the others.
Even now, Konoha's people still thought his present-day self had had children.
"If it's not suitable, then don't say it."
The Second was different from the First Hokage. The moment Hiruzen Sarutobi said that, he saw the issue and stepped down without needing an excuse.
As for the First Hokage, just as he was about to press the matter, the Second glared him into silence.
"Orochimaru over there, enough talk! Since you said your goal is to protect the Shinobi World, have your people stop, open the Four Violet Flames Formation, and let us go out to help! We can discuss the rest later!"
The Second spoke to Orochimaru.
"My most respected Second-sama, my other purpose in coming to Konoha was to kill Teacher Sarutobi and make Konoha's stagnant windmill turn once more.
Even if I don't kill Teacher Sarutobi now, I still